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What do Marlon Brando and Lady Gaga have in common?Schott's Perfecto leather jacket, of course. The company that invented the motorcycle jacket—the zipper was their idea!—has installed a pop-up for its Perfecto brand inside Garment District menswear shop Nepenthes. Check it out on 38th between Eighth and Ninth through Tuesday, February 15th. [NYT]
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